Aquinas students climbed the Story Bridge on Friday. At the invitation of The Children’s Book Council of Australia, they joined authors and Readers’ Cup teams on a Story Bridge Adventure climb to celebrate the beginning of Book Week 2010, themed ‘across the story bridge’. Teacher Paul Hand, who accompanied them, said that the view was spectacular. Our students then attended the Book of the Year Announcement, where winning authors were congratulated by Her Excellency, the Governor General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC. Marj Kirkland, Aquinas College’s teacher librarian and National President of the CBCA (pictured here with Ms Bryce and winning author David Metzenthen), said, “Reading builds bridges. It helps us to understand others, fires our imagination and improves literacy.”